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Why Toy Horses Are not only Horse Toys Anymore
ufree horse - In about 1950, the initial toy horses were introduced in the united states. Since that time, these toys have carried on growing in popularity. Along the way, toy horses became not just a horse toy. They had been a popular hobby which includes horse painting, photographing, prop and tack making, exhibiting and collecting valuable model horses.
zippy pets - Breyer capitalized on the growing collector hobby by introducing a spare time activity magazine within the 1970's. Then they launched the initial exclusive edition artist resins model horses in the 1980's. Through the 1990's, the collectors hobby blossomed and is still popular today. Limited edition artist resins are released with limited editions of a few hundred pieces, or even in some instances only 50 pieces. These pieces usually become unattainable quickly. After these toy horses can be purchased out, they increase significantly in value within the collector's market.
By 1996, Breyer toy horses were no longer the only game in town. Stone horses were introduced with horses just like detailed, some would argue more detailed, than Breyer. While Breyer suits the large toy market along with the collector's market, Stone focuses more about special edition collectibles. Other brands also entered industry including Hagen-Renaker Horses. Today, Schleich and Safari also offer detailed, hand-painted model horses. However, Schleich and Safari are more popular as toys rather than collectibles, perhaps due to the smaller sized their 1:24 scale horses compared to the larger 1:9 scale for Breyer and Stone horses. Despite every one of the competitors, Breyer still dominates this market for both toy horses and collectibles.
pony cycle - We was initially introduced to the world of model horse toys in 2007 when we added the Breyer products to our store. Since we already carried a lot of other toys, we assumed these would be yet another toy category. I was surprised last year when Breyer gave us a present of a few limited edition artist resins using a suggested expense of $300 each. We thought they would never sell but we were wrong. Our customers were desperate to pay that price because they were no longer just another horse toy to them. These toy horses procured on the totally new value as rare collectibles.
What began being a horse toy has developed into a full-blown hobby with 1000s of devoted hobbyists worldwide.
